365 Days of Flute: 2014

I have always been inconsistent with my flute practice. Hours a day for a few days, then nothing for a few days after that. I find that I constantly set myself back by taking too much time off. So this year, I'm doing an experiment. I'm going to try to practice something every day. It might be an entire afternoon, it might be ten minutes . . . but for once I'm going to try to take the advice I always give my students and play, at least a little, every single day. Wish me luck.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Feb 28

Moyse De la Sonorite, Paganini Caprice #24 (it was time to change things up a little :) )

Feb 27

Moyse, Reinecke Sonata mvts. 1 and 4

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Feb 26

Moyse De La Sonorite dominated my day, plus Reinecke and rep for my next orchestra concert.

Loooooove me some Moyse. Mmm.

Feb 25

Lovely rehearsal of Reinecke Sonata mvts 1 and 4 with my lovely pianist.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Feb 22-24

Hi.

So, I haven't been on the computer as much as usual, but I have been playing the last few days. Not nearly as much as I've wanted to be, but at least something.

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Feb 21

Missed again. This is getting so embarrassing I considered lying.

Seriously, ugh. I was off to a pretty good start there for a minute. Refreshing my motivation and starting anew tomorrow.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Feb 20

Miss due to laziness. I'm really not doing well, am I?

Feb 19

Miss due to other life busy-ness.

Feb 18

Flute and guitar gig day!

Monday, February 17, 2014

Feb 17

Flute and Guitar rep day!

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Feb 16

Long tones, Salvo articulation exercises, Reinecke Sonata mvt. 4. Not a lot, but I'm back on track, at least.

Feb 14-15

Two more days missed! This stops now. I feel the bad practice habits creeping back in. NO.

Friday, February 14, 2014

Feb 13

Practicing/rehearsing chamber music with guitar day!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Feb 12

Spent a LOOOOONG time this afternoon on long tones and articulation studies.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Feb 11

Rehearsal! Reinecke Sonata undine and Carl Vine Sonata. Such a fun time! Feels good to be playing with piano again. :)

Feb 10

Missed day. :(

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Feb 9

Articulation exercises from Salvo's book.
Reinecke Sonata undine, 1st mvt.

Feb 8

Almost didn't get it done today, but I ended up doing some very pianissimo practice before bed. After all these years in apartments, no wonder my pianissimos are better than my fortes. ;)

Friday, February 7, 2014

Feb 7

I didn't play today, but I did bring my metronome and music to do a little mental/fingers practice while substitute teaching today. Check the flashy light on the metronome to get my time, and finger along some of the tricky parts. Got quite a bit of time in, too, since my instructions were mostly just to administer tests. Hope it was productive - we'll find out tomorrow!

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Feb 6

And we're back to our normal practice schedule.

If you're still with me, thanks for your patience.

Today I made up some interval exercises to warm up, played some long-tones, had a rehearsal with guitar, and worked on Reinecke Sonata undine Mvt. 1. (The "u" key is broken on my computer, so that is never going to be capitalized, and the world will have to go on.)